More detail on this person: WILLIAM N.
ECKERT, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U. S. ARMY
(RETIRED), DIED AT HOME ON MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 FROM COMPLICATIONS
AS A RESULT OF LUNG CANCER. LTC ECKERT
WAS 82 YEARS OLD.
HE RETIRED IN 1979 WITH OVER 23 YEARS OF
REGULAR ARMY COMMISSIONED SERVICE. HE
SERVED AT FT. HOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE 4TH
ARMORED DIVISION IN 1957 AND WITH THE 2ND
ARMORED DIVISION IN 1958. HE SERVED IN
KOREA WITH THE EIGHTH U. S. ARMY IN 1959.
HE SAW SERVICE IN EUROPE IN 1963 WITH
THE 41ST TRANSPORTATION BATTALION AND
AGAIN IN 1968 WITH THE 24TH INFANTRY
DIVISION. HE SERVED TWO COMBAT TOURS IN
VIETNAM, ONE IN 1964 WITH THE 1ST AVIATION
BRIGAGE AND AGAIN IN 1968 WITH THE FIRST
INFANTRY DIVISION.
A SENIOR ARMY AVIATOR, HE WAS THE
RECIPIENT OF THE BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR
WITH THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, THE
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH OAK
LEAF CLUSTER, THE AIR MEDAL WITH 13 OAK
LEAF CLUSTERS, THE JOINT SERVICE
COMMENDATION MEDAL AND THE ARMY
COMMENDATION MEDAL. HE WAS A
DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE
TRANSPORTATION CORPS REGIMENT. LTC
ECKERT RETIRED FROM BUCK KREIHS
COMPANY, INC., A NEW ORLEANS MARINE
AND INDUSTRIAL REPAIR COMPANY AS VICE
PRESIDENT IN 1996.
HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE RETIRED
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, LIFE MEMBER OF
THE ARMY AVIATION ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, VIETNAM HELICOPTER PILOTS
ASSOCIATION AND THE SOCIETY OF THE FIRST
INFANTRY DIVISION. HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER
OF THE ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS
AVIATION ASSOCIATION. HE WAS A CHARTER
MEMBER OF THE MILITARY OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION AND A LIFE MEMBER OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER
COLONEL NORMAN J. ECKERT, MOTHER
MILDRED NORRIS ECKERT, BROTHER
COLONEL (RET.) EDWARD N. ECKERT, HIS
WIFE OF THIRTY-THREE YEARS, LINDA KREIHS
ECKERT AND HIS WIFE HELEN ANN FRANKS
ECKERT. HE IS SURVIVED BY TWO
DAUGHTERS; KATHLEEN ECKERT McDONALD,
OF NEW TRIPOLI, PA, JEANEEN ECKERT
MACNAMARA, OF HOUMA, LA, AND SON DAVID
WILLIAM ECKERT OF DIAMONDHEAD, MS; A
BROTHER RICHARD A. ECKERT OF OCEAN
SPRINGS, MS, AND EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN;
MELISSA, CHRISTINE AND ZACHARY
McDONALD, EMILY, ANDREW, AND SARAH
MACNAMARA, AND CHRISTIAN AND GARRET
ECKERT. HIS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
INCLUDE; ANNA RAE AND ELLA LANE
McDONALD, AND LIAM KEEGAN MACNAMARA.
THE VISITATION WILL BE ON SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL
11:00AM AT THE MOST HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC
CHURCH IN PASS CHRISTIAN, MS. A MASS OF
CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE CELEBRATED AT
11:00AM. THE BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN GULF
COAST MEMORIAL CEMETARY IN BAY ST.
LOUIS, MS.
EDMOND FAHEY FUNERAL HOME IS IN
CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.
Burial: Gulf Coast Memorial Cemetery, Bay Saint
Louis, MS
Burial information: Gulf Coast Memorial Cemetery, Bay Saint Louis, MS
This information was last updated 09/24/2016
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